Patents by Inventor Atsuko KATO

Atsuko KATO has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11417825
    Abstract: Provided is a piezoelectric laminate element that outputs a fixed output voltage even in response to a static load for which an output voltage could not be obtained using a conventional piezoelectric element. A piezoelectric laminate body in which a plurality of piezoelectric polymer film layers consisting of film such as polylactic acid film that exhibits piezoelectricity in the planar direction are laminated is used as a piezoelectric laminate element. The piezoelectric laminate body is given a cylindrical shape, rounded rectangle shape, or other partially curved shape. The output voltage follows the increase and decrease of the applied load, and if a fixed load is continuously applied, a fixed output voltage is continuously output, and a piezoelectric laminate element is obtained that outputs a fixed output voltage even if a load is static.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignees: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., KANSAI UNIVERSITY, Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo Yoshida, Yoshiro Tajitsu, Atsuko Kato, Hiroki Takeoka, Yukihiro Shimasaki
  • Publication number: 20190341541
    Abstract: Provided is a piezoelectric laminate element that outputs a fixed output voltage even in response to a static load for which an output voltage could not be obtained using a conventional piezoelectric element. A piezoelectric laminate body in which a plurality of piezoelectric polymer film layers consisting of film such as polylactic acid film that exhibits piezoelectricity in the planar direction are laminated is used as a piezoelectric laminate element. The piezoelectric laminate body is given a cylindrical shape, rounded rectangle shape, or other partially curved shape. The output voltage follows the increase and decrease of the applied load, and if a fixed load is continuously applied, a fixed output voltage is continuously output, and a piezoelectric laminate element is obtained that outputs a fixed output voltage even if a load is static.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicants: TEIJIN LIMITED, KANSAI UNIVERSITY, Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuo YOSHIDA, Yoshiro TAJITSU, Atsuko KATO, Hiroki TAKEOKA, Yukihiro SHIMASAKI
  • Patent number: 9937688
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a laminated film made of polylactic acids which is not prone to delamination while having excellent piezoelectric properties and a manufacturing method thereof. That is, the present invention is obtained by the stretched laminated film manufactured by a co-extrusion process for use in piezoelectric polymer materials, containing a layer (A) which has poly-L-lactic acid as the primary component and contains an impact modifier in the range of 0.1 to 10 mass % and a layer (B) which has poly-D-lactic acid as the primary component and contains an impact modifier in the range of 0.1 to 10 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignees: TEIJIN LIMITED, A SCHOOL CORPORATION KANSAI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tetsuo Yoshida, Yoshiro Tajitsu, Atsuko Kato, Tomoka Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 9929335
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piezoelectric vibrator having a piezoelectric laminate in which oriented film layers made of a polylactic acid and conductive layers are laminated alternately and grippers gripping both ends of the piezoelectric laminate, wherein one of two conductive layers neighboring via an oriented film layer is short-circuited to a negative electrode and the other conductive layer is short-circuited to a positive electrode, the oriented film layers interposed between the respective conductive layers are laminated such that the oriented film layers expand and contract in the same direction when a current is applied, the piezoelectric laminate has two parallel surfaces which are parallel to the plane direction of the oriented film layers and two end faces A and B which are between the parallel surfaces and parallel to each other, and the gripped ends respectively include the end face A and the end face B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignees: TEIJIN LIMITED, A SCHOOL CORPORATION KANSAI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tetsuo Yoshida, Yoshiro Tajitsu, Atsuko Kato
  • Publication number: 20160263872
    Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a laminated film made of polylactic acids which is not prone to delamination while having excellent piezoelectric properties and a manufacturing method thereof. That is, the present invention is obtained by the stretched laminated film manufactured by a co-extrusion process for use in piezoelectric polymer materials, containing a layer (A) which has poly-L-lactic acid as the primary component and contains an impact modifier in the range of 0.1 to 10 mass % and a layer (B) which has poly-D-lactic acid as the primary component and contains an impact modifier in the range of 0.1 to 10 mass %.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicants: TEIJIN LIMITED, A SCHOOL CORPORATION KANSAI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tetsuo YOSHIDA, Yoshiro TAJITSU, Atsuko KATO, Tomoka YOSHIMURA
  • Publication number: 20160005951
    Abstract: The invention relates to a piezoelectric vibrator having a piezoelectric laminate in which oriented film layers made of a polylactic acid and conductive layers are laminated alternately and grippers gripping both ends of the piezoelectric laminate, wherein one of two conductive layers neighboring via an oriented film layer is short-circuited to a negative electrode and the other conductive layer is short-circuited to a positive electrode, the oriented film layers interposed between the respective conductive layers are laminated such that the oriented film layers expand and contract in the same direction when a current is applied, the piezoelectric laminate has two parallel surfaces which are parallel to the plane direction of the oriented film layers and two end faces A and B which are between the parallel surfaces and parallel to each other, and the gripped ends respectively include the end face A and the end face B.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicants: A SCHOOL CORPORATION KANSAI UNIVERSITY, TEIJIN LIMITED
    Inventors: Tetsuo YOSHIDA, Yoshiro TAJITSU, Atsuko KATO